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This is ReadMe file for replication of “Voter Preferences for Ethnoracial Minority Candidates: The Role of Policy Alignment and Shared Identity” written by Akira Igarashi and Yoshikuni Ono

The following two files are used for replication
Row data file: replication.csv
Coding file: replication.do (Stata do-file)

Coding file consists of three sections: variable preparation, Analyses in the main text, and Analyses in the Appendix



<To replicate the experimental results presented in Figure 1 to Figure 6>
1. Run the codes in the section of “variable preparation”
2. Run the codes in the section of “Analyses in the main text”

Notes for name variable: 誠一郎 is Japanese, ジェームズ is American, and 超鴻（チョウコウ） is Chinese names. 
Notes for origin variable: 近隣の自治体からこの選挙区に移り住んできました indicates Japanese origin, アメリカからこの選挙区に移り住み、日本国籍に帰化しました indicates American origin, and 中国からこの選挙区に移り住み、日本国籍に帰化しました indicates Chinese origin. 
Notes for policy variable: 永住外国人の地方参政権を始めとする市民の平等な政治参加を促進すること indicates ore equal policy between migrants and Japanese, and 永住外国人の地方参政権に断固反対し日本人第一の社会づくりを行うこと indicates more restrictive policy against migrants



<To replicate of Appendix>
1. Run the codes in the section of “variable preparation”
2. Run the codes in the section of “Analyses in the Appendix”
